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BBC 12-hour Editathon - large influx of new pages & drafts expected
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Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
Guild of Copy Editors December 2016 News
  Hello everyone, and welcome to the December 2016 GOCE newsletter. We had an October newsletter all set to go, but it looks like we never pushed the button to deliver it, so this one contains a few months of updates. We have been busy and successful! Coordinator elections for the first half of 2017: Nominations are open for election of Coordinators for the first half of 2017. Please visit the election page to nominate yourself or another editor, and then return after December 15 to vote. Thanks for participating! September Drive: The September drive was fruitful. We set out to remove July through October 2015 from our backlog (an ambitious 269 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of oldest articles to just 83. We reduced our overall backlog by 97 articles, even with new copyedit tags being added to articles every day. We also handled 75% of the remaining Requests from August 2016. Overall, 19 editors recorded copy edits to 233 articles (over 378,000 words). October Blitz: this one-week copy-editing blitz ran from 16 through 22 October; the theme was Requests, since the backlog was getting a bit long. Of the 16 editors who signed up, 10 editors completed 29 requests. Barnstars and rollover totals are located here. Thanks to all editors who took part. November Drive: The November drive was a record-breaker! We set out to remove September through December 2015 from our backlog (239 articles), and by the end of the month, we had cut that pile of old articles to just 66, eliminating the two oldest months! We reduced our overall backlog by 523 articles, to a new record low of 1,414 articles, even with new tags being added to articles every day, which means we removed copy-editing tags from over 800 articles. We also handled all of the remaining Requests from October 2016. Officially, 14 editors recorded copy edits to 200 articles (over 312,000 words), but over 600 articles, usually quick fixes and short articles, were not recorded on the drive page. Housekeeping note: we do not send a newsletter before every drive or blitz. To have a better chance of knowing when the next event will start, add the GOCE's message box to your Watchlist. Thank you all again for your participation; we wouldn't be able to achieve what we have without you! Cheers from your GOCE coordinators: Jonesey95, Corinne and Tdslk. |
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Greetings Recent Changes Patrollers!
This is a one-time-only message to inform you about technical proposals related to Recent Changes Patrol in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey that I think you may be interested in reviewing and perhaps even voting for:
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CVU Training
Omni Flames, could you please train me for the CVU? Thanks. JustAGuyOnWikipedia (talk) 00:33, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
- @JustAGuyOnWikipedia: Hey, sorry, but I'm not really active here anymore, as evidenced by the 4 day wait in your reply. You'd be better off trying someone else. My apologies. Omni Flames (talk) 00:17, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
@Omni Flames: Yeah, I've tried every trainer. None have gotten back to me yet other than you. JustAGuyOnWikipedia ( To see my User page, click here) (talk) 02:07, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
- @JustAGuyOnWikipedia: Hmm, that makes things tough then. I know the CVU program is nowhere near as active as it once was. Have you tried DatGuy? He's pretty experienced in counter-vandalism and I think he would make a great trainer for you. If he's busy or doesn't want to do it, then I'll take you in. Omni Flames (talk) 01:16, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
- I'm active enough to take you in. Thanks for the ping Omni. Dat GuyTalkContribs 10:36, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
@Omni Flames and DatGuy: Thanks you two!!! JustAGuyOnWikipedia ( To see my User page, click here) (talk) 16:05, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 50, 2016)
 The Dreadnought hoaxers in Abyssinian regalia; the bearded figure on the far left is in fact the writer Virginia Woolf.
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WikiCup December newsletter: WikiCup 2017
On 1 January 2017, WikiCup 2017 (the 10th Annual WikiCup) will begin. This year we are trying something a little different – monetary prizes.
For the WC2017 the prizes will be as follows (amounts are based in US$ and will be awarded in the form of an online Amazon gift certificate):
- First place – $200
- Second & Third place – $50 each
- Category prizes – $25 per category (which will be limited to FA, FL, FP, GA, and DYK for 2017). Winning a category prize does not require making it to the final round.
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After two years as a WikiCup judge, Figureskatingfan is stepping down. We thank her for her contributions as a WikiCup judge. We are pleased to announce that our newest judge is two-time WikiCup champion Cwmhiraeth.
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Hi Omni Flames
Hi Omni Flames, I wanted to request you to review a script I recently made based on your pending changes script. I wanted your inputs on whether I've done the script right... Thanks. Lourdes 15:41, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
Request for Huawei Honor article
Greetings! Since you implemented my Punit Renjen article at AfC, I thought I'd see if you were available to review my edit request to implement an expanded and updated Huawei Honor draft. I submitted a request a while back, and I've pinged several people for help, but there must be more editors reviewing AfC drafts than edit requests. If you are willing to help, you can view my edit request at Talk:Huawei Honor. Thanks for your consideration. Inkian Jason (talk) 19:08, 15 December 2016 (UTC)
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This week's article for improvement (week 51, 2016)
 Helena Bergström in 2014
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Cvu
Hi there I was looking for a trainer for the cvu just wanted to know if you could help thanks ~Lucas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patriot9 (talk • contribs) 04:21, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
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Merry Christmas!
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This week's article for improvement (week 52, 2016)
 World plate tectonics (click on map for more details)
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This week's article for improvement (week 1, 2017)
 Some of the Aeolian Islands
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Happy New Year, Omni Flames
 (Charles R. Knight, 1922)
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Thank you for all you did for this project in 2016, Omni Flames. May your house be safe, and may you and those having the privilege of your company enjoy good health in a Happy New Year 2017! Kind regards, — Sam Sailor 02:07, 2 January 2017 (UTC) Pass on! Send this greeting by adding
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